- The purpose of this course is to give you an overview
or a map of the Modern Web Design Process.
What disciplines are involved
and what steps we go through
to build modern websites.
Viewed from a distance,
we can see the Modern Web Design Process
as a series of discreet phases.
Each of which focuses on a task
or group of tasks.
And each of which has a significant role
to play in the creation of the final product.
To help guide us through the process
and provide a visual reference
when you start on your own next big web design project,
I've created a map of sorts
that outlines the different phases,
their order and sequence,
their proportional length in relation to each other
and how they relate.
As we move through the course,
we'll walk through the map,
starting at the on ramp of the PRE-PROCESS phase
and then moving to CONTENT STRATEGY
and cycling through the rest of the phases
in clockwise order.
You'll notice that the phases form a completed circle
and that the last phase, LAUNCH + RESET,
points back to the first, CONTENT STRATEGY.
This is deliberate and an important realization
in the web design process.
A website is never done.
It's a living and evolving entity
and the second it is launched
and the process has reached its end,
it's time to start over and revisit the first phase.
You'll learn more about this circularity
as we reach the end of the course.
For now, take note of the guide
to the Web Design Process
and familiarize yourself
with the phases and their order.
Each chapter in this course will focus on one phase
and I'll let you know when we move from one to the next.
After all, that's what I'm here for,
to be your guide as we map the Modern Web Design Process.